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Fine by defect, and delicately weak.
Fine by defect, and delicately weak.
Compromise is never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and the terror of a coward.
Compromise is never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and the terror of a coward.
It is the weak man who urges compromise--never the strong man.
It is the weak man who urges compromise--never the strong man.
If you are not very clever, you should be conciliatory.
If you are not very clever, you should be conciliatory.
Even the weakest is thrust to the wall.
Even the weakest is thrust to the wall.
The mortal race is far too weak not to grow dizzy on unwonted
brights.
[Ger., Das sterbliche Geschlecht read more
The mortal race is far too weak not to grow dizzy on unwonted
brights.
[Ger., Das sterbliche Geschlecht ist viel zu schwach
In ungewohnter Hohe nicht zu schwindeln.]
But the concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear.
But the concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear.
What is bad? All that proceeds from weakness.
What is bad? All that proceeds from weakness.
